Sanitary pillow.



V. REBHUN.

` SANITARY PILLOW. APPLIOATION FILED 11H4, 1910.

Patented Jan. 24, 1911.

ITN/58858:

ATTORNEYS VALENTINE REBHUN, OF SCHAGHTICOKE, NEW YORK.

SANITARY PILLOW.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24, 1911.

Application filed May 4, 1910. Serial No. 559,249.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALENTINE REBHUN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Schaghticoke, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sanitary Pillow, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention is an improved sanitary pillow, and has in view a pillow adapted to afford a comfortable cushion for the head, and in which stutling or filling is dispensed with and the air adapted to freely circulate, the pillow being preferably of a collapsible construction so that it can be folded flat and be conveniently packed for transit or stowage.

To this end the pillow comprises a skeleton frame having inwardly-yielding end supports for the pillow cover, the said supports being hinged to fold against the base of the frame, and provided with spring members arranged to Vtend to swing the end frames outwardly when the latter are operatively set up.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference 'indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pillow constructed in accordance with my invention, with a portion of the flexible head support and outer cover broken away to better show the construction of the pillow frame; Fig. 2 is a plan of the pillow frame when the said frame is collapsed; and Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view,illustrating on a slightly enlarged scale, 011e of the springs as engaged with the base of the frame to tend to swing the adjoining pillow end support outwardly.

The invention in its more specific nature comprises a skeleton frame, preferably constructed of spring wire, the frame having a rectangular base 10 provided at the corners with laterally-projecting pivots 11, the base with its pivots being ordinarily constructed of a single length of wire, as best shown in Fig. 2, by bending the wire upon itself at ,the corners, with the free ends of the wire brought together to form one of the pivots. On the pivots 11 at each end of the base of the frame is mounted an end support 12. For this purpose the ends of the wire forming the supports are constructed with inwardly-projecting spring coils 13, which receive the pivots, with the Wire at the inner end ofV each coil extended to provide an arm 14 having a hook 14 at the extremity, the arrangement of the arms 14 and hooks 14a being such that the hooks are adapted to engage over the side bars of the base and tend to swing the end support outwardly beyond an upright position. When, however, the hooks 14a are disengaged from the side bars of the base, the end supports are adapted to be swung inwardly on the pivots 11 and fold flat to the base, as shown in Fig. 2.

To retain the end supports 12 in planes at approximately right-angles to the plane of the base of the frame, the supports 12 are connected together by a flexible head support 15, which is shown to be a fabric covering, the covering conforming to the curvature of the end supports, which are preferably arched or bowed, giving the pillow a rounded form from side to side.

To reinforce the pillow and afford rigidity to the base, as well as augment the resistance of the end supports 12 to an inward strain, a tie-bar or wire 16 is constructed in two sections adapted to be detachably connected together near the center of the base, as by the hook 17 and eye 18 respectively, and is coiled one or `more times about each of the end bars of the base of the frame, as indicated at 19, and each section provided at its point with a spring arm 20, having a hook 21 at the extremity, the hooks 21 of these arms being arranged to engage over and back of the tops of the end supports 12. By reason of the spring character of the wire of which the tie-bar 16 is constructed, and the coils 19 about the end bars, the arms 20 are adapted to yield inwardly with the end supports under pressure. The coils 19 are su'tl'iciently large to allow the sections of the tie-bar and their respective arms to lie substantially tlat against the base when the pillow is collapsed, these parts being adapted to be retained in this position by engaging the extremities of the arms under the adjacent side bars of the base.

A pillow-case 22, as shown in Fig. 1, is of a size to fit over the pillow frame and head support, and at one or both ends is provided with a draw string 23, by which the case is adapted to be gathered and bound rmly against the end supports, the draw string when tied, ordinarily leaving an opening at the center through which the air can freely circulate from the outside into the pillow, keeping the latter Well ventilated. It is also obvious that the air will find its way into and out of the pillow through the fabric 0f the head support and case.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a pillow, a base frame, pillow end supports hinged to the base frame to swing inwardly to and from each other, springs arranged to force the said end supports outwardly, each of said springs having one end detachably engaged to adapt the said end supports to be folded to the base, and a tiebar extending between the ends of the base frame, having spring arms arranged to engage behind the said end supports and constructed of two detachable sections, each of said sections arranged to fold to the base when disconnected from the other section.

2. In a pillow, a base frame having laterally-extending pivots, and end supports having oppositely-arranged coiled springs into which the pivots of the base frame extend, adapting the end supports to swing inwardly to a folded position on top of the base frame, each of said springsyhaving an arm arranged to removably engage over the base frame and swing the end support outwardly.

supports to fold on top of the base frame,

each wire coil having an arm arranged to removably engage over the side wires of the base frame and force the end supports away from the base frame, and a flexible head support connecting the end frames together. Y

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification 1n the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VALENTINE REBHUN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. HALL, MARTIN L. MURPHY. 

